{"id":8319,"date":"2017-06-19T11:30:08","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T16:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/?p=8319"},"modified":"2018-10-19T12:28:46","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T17:28:46","slug":"hpw-internship-peoria-hospital-unitypoint-health-methodist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/2017\/06\/19\/hpw-internship-peoria-hospital-unitypoint-health-methodist\/","title":{"rendered":"HPW Internship: Peoria Hospital-UnityPoint Health-Methodist"},"content":{"rendered":"

HPW Student Internship Experience – Kirsten Perkinson Fall 17′
\n<\/strong>What I did:
\nMy internship is with Unity Point Health Methodist | Proctor in Peoria Illinois. To start my internship off I spent four weeks in cardiopulmonary rehab. Within the rehab facility they run a LiveWell program where individuals that have graduated from phase II can continue to workout in a safe facility that offers more than a regular gym. We take their blood pressure, oxygen level, and pulse before and after their workout. I also helped leading some exercises, and setting up machines. I would also help with Phase II classes by taking blood pressures before, during, and after their workout. I would also lead a lightweight warm up. While the patients work though their workout we would also ask about their breathing and RPE levels. Lastly, I would observe orientations for individuals starting the program, and took their starting measurements of weight, blood pressure, waist circumference, oxygen level, heart rate, and their six-minute walk test.
\nWhat I am doing:
\nI am currently working on a program through Unity Point called the Wellmobile. This is a mobile health center, which focuses on community wellness. We go out to local towns and events to do screenings. The screenings I have been conducting include cholesterol, glucose, spirometry, and blood pressure. I have gotten the opportunity to observe fitness classes as well as personal training, and will be working my way into teaching some classes. I am currently working on the bulletin board for the month of November, and I will be working on program planning for the year of 2018. I will be assisting in writing articles, creating activities, and videos that will be available to employees. I also have time assisting people at the front desk taking phone calls, collecting biometric sheets from employees, and assisting in weigh in for a program currently being run.<\/p>\n

Objectives<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Behavior:\n
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    1. Gain experience in more than one area of wellness. Learn and grow in skills through engagement in employee, corporate, and community wellness.<\/li>\n
    2. To be utilized as a helpful “employee” to the wellness group of Unity Point Health Methodist | Proctor.<\/li>\n
    3. Be given responsibilities that would be true to a real wellness job.<\/li>\n
    4. Gain professional experiences that will further my career and feedback to my skills and efforts once a week.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    5. Promotion and Marketing:\n
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      1. Help promote the programs during the fall of 2017 and help schedule for 2018 within Unity Point Health Methodist | Proctor.<\/li>\n
      2. Help market programs, and healthy information around Unity Point Health Methodist | Proctor.<\/li>\n
      3. Help market upcoming events online, on bulletin boards, or through a daily email.<\/li>\n
      4. Research the viability of programs. Make sure they are compatible with target community.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
      5. Organizational Experiences:\n
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        1. Gain more experience with personal training, and group fitness.<\/li>\n
        2. Sit in on conference calls and meetings for the wellness department, and how Unity Point runs their facilities.<\/li>\n
        3. Run or assist with health screenings within the community or at Unity Point Health Methodist | Procto<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          On-Site Supervisor<\/strong>
          \nUnity Point Health Methodist | Proctor (Peoria, Illinois)<\/p>\n

          Hours
          \n<\/strong>At least 400 hours total<\/p>\n

          Stipend
          \n<\/strong>None<\/p>\n

          UW-Stevens Point Students Who Completed Internship<\/strong><\/p>\n

            \n
          • Kristen Perkinson, Fall 2017 (pictured above)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            HPW Student Internship Experience – Kirsten Perkinson Fall 17′ What I did: My internship is with Unity Point Health Methodist | Proctor in Peoria Illinois. To start my internship off I spent four weeks in cardiopulmonary rehab. Within the rehab facility they run a LiveWell program where individuals that have graduated from phase II can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[483,486,488,481,487,490],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8319"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8319"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9300,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8319\/revisions\/9300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}